My Favorite Max Lucado Quotes

Nourishment for the Soul

I don’t often use long quotes, but Max Lucado’s sayings resist editing.  The “You weren’t an accident.” quote is incredibly powerful and so is the one which begins “Our prayers may be awkward.” 

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. (Max Lucado)           The conductor is Andrea Vitello, of Italy.

You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman. (Max Lucado)

Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? (Max Lucado) Of all Max’s quotes, this one has challenged me the most. I have to think about it,  but this idea will be expanded in a future post.

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t Heaven so don’t expect it to be. (Max Lucado)

Perfect people? No. Perfect messes? You bet. Yet God used them. A surprising and welcome discovery of the Bible is this: God uses failures. (Max Lucado)

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference. (Max Lucado)

Remember you are special because I made you. And I don’t make mistakes. (Your Creator) 

All these images came from Pixabay.com. Conductor Andrea Vitello is featured in my 1st meme.